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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
297
The
use
of
this
appliance
in
the
trick
we
have
just
described
will
be
obvious.
The
performer,
having
turned
up
his
sleeves
to
prove
that
they
have
no
part
in
the
matter,
shows
that
his
right
hand
is
absolutely
empty.
Continuing
his
observations,
his
hand
rests
for
a
moment
with
a
careless
gesture
against
his
waistcoat,
the
ball
of
the
wrist
being
above
and
the
fingers
below
the
waistband.
A
momentary
pressure
causes
a
half-crown
to
fall
into
his
hand.
This
he
palms,
and
in
due
course
proceeds
to
catch,
as
already
described.
As
the
capacity
of
the
slide
is
limited,
and
the
same
gestures
frequently
repeated
would
be
likely
to
excite
suspicion,
it
is
best
to
begin
the
trick
in
the
ordinary
manner,
and
after
having
produced
three
or
four
coins
in
this
way,
to
overhear,
or
pretend
to
overhear,
a
suggestion
that
the
coin
is
all
the
while
in
your
hand.
Ostentatiously
throwing
the
coin
with
which
you
have
so
far
worked,
into
the
hat,
you
draw
special
attention
(not
in
words,
but
by
gesture)
to
your
empty
hand
(the
left
hand
is
never
suspected),
and
then
have
recourse
to
the
slide.
You
throw
the
coin
thus
obtained
into
the
hat,
and
again
show
your
hand
empty.
You
produce
another
coin
from
the
slide,
and
make
this
serve
you
for
the
next
two
or
three
catches,
and
so
on,
as
circumstances
may
dictate.
The
money
magically
caught
as
above
may
be
used
for
the
trick
of
the
Multiplication
of
Money,
described
at
page
176,
the
two
forming
a
natural
and
effective
sequence.
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